In This Issue: • Rolling British Car Day At The Minghini Winery In Ramona • MotorCars On MainStreet in Coronado • All Aboard May 25th For A CampoTrain Ride At The Pacific Southwest Railroad Museum May 2019 HEALEY HEARSAY is the official monthly publication of the I am happy to see Foreign Speedo AUSTIN HEALEY CLUB OF SAN DIEGO. Monthly members’ return as an advertiser to Healey meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month at Hearsay. Years ago, I installed one 6:30pm. The location varies, and is announced by email, in this of Mike Lambert’s first run 3.54 newsletter, and on our web site, www.sdhealey.org . ring and pinion differential (dif). Membership Information gear sets. Actually, Pro Gear at 7948 Ronson Road, 858-571-1158, did the dif. set-up in an- Membership in the Austin Healey Club of San Diego is open to all other center section, with the new gears plus bearings, owners of Austin Healey, Jensen Healey, or any other Healey ve- seals, and shims from Moss. Randy Zoller did the dif. hicles, and to anyone else who is interested in the Healey marque. installation. My Healey is definitely a lot happier at low- Annual dues for the Austin Healey Club of San Diego are $30 per household. Visit our web site, www.sdhealey.org, or contact our er RPM’s at speed. Membership Coordinator, Don Benke 619-778-1680 dgbenke@ cox.net for details and an application. The speedometer was off the difference between 3.93 and 3.54. The engine actually ran about 700 RPM’s 2019 AHCSD Board Members slower at the speed on the speedometer, which didn’t President- Howard Stark - [email protected] 619-519-4250 match the road speed. VP- Membership- Don Benke 619-778-1680 [email protected] Secretary- Deborah Durham- [email protected] 619-9807441 I had previously contacted Foreign Speedo, whom had Treasurer- Gary Stalker 858-668-7154 - [email protected] rebuilt my Healey’s speedometer. It had frozen up when Activities Lou Galper-619-287-0626 - [email protected] the speedometer flex cable drive jambed. They also HH Editor-Warren Voth (619) 368-3895 - [email protected] fixed a fine wire in my gas gauge, which separated. I had checked the sender, at the time, which was ok, OHM Special Staff wise. Foreign Speedo found and fixed the problem. CotY Recorder- Rick Snover- [email protected] Web Master- Rick Snover - [email protected] To bring my speedometer in line with my new dif. Delegate, Austin Healey Club of America- gears, Foreign Speedo installed a tiny transmission Vacant - Contact any AHCSD board member in the speedometer cable line that changed the cable Representative, San Diego British Car Club Council- speed to match the new true road speed. (No, there’s Alternates - Howard Stark and Don Benke no tiny shift lever.) They put my Healey on a dino and Representatives, Car Club Council of Greater San Diego- changed gears in the tiny transmission to get my true Doc McAllister - [email protected] speedometer road speed within 2 MPH. Udo Putzke - [email protected] Advertising Information Many, if not most of all the internal bits and pieces of our Lucas gauges are not available. Maybe they nev- Classified Ads (Market Place) are free to members. Classifieds er were. The guys at Foreign Speedo have bins of ob- for items wanted or small items for sale are free to nonmembers, scure Lucas gauge parts, among others. So, if you have too. Ads may be placed any time. Submit artwork and payment to the Treasurer. Annual display ad and monthly nonmember a gauge problem, talk to these guys. We’ve got to keep "Car For Sale" classified ad rates are as follows: people like this in business...Our gauges seldom get the attention they eventually need. You don’t want to try Full page 8"x 10.5"....................... $ 100.00 per year fixing this stuff yourself...believe me... Half page 5"x 8"........................... $ 75.00 per year Quarter page .............................. $ 50.00 per year Business card.............................. $ 30.00 per year April Meeting... All advertising and articles for publication must be submitted to the editor no later than the 20th of each month for publication in Wed, May 8th @ 6:30 PM the next month's issue. ([email protected]) On The Cover: Howard Stark and Don Newman represented the Mainstream Bar & Grille Club at the Menghini vinyard for Rolling British Car Day. 13385 Poway Road, Poway 1(858)486-6246 Visit our web site at http://www.sdhealey.org Healey 2 Hearsay From The President Hello and Happy Spring, Yeh. I think I’ll be happy to see sunshine rather than more rain. I had enough of that. Each time I washed the car, it rained, I know, so stop washing my cars. April and May weather is quite inviting for Healey adventure rides, April 28th presents two great events to enjoy. Rolling British Car Day and Motor Cars on Main Street in Coronado. Both of these activities will be fun. Shame they over- lap. Whichever event you choose will be a blast. Don’t forget Earth Day in Balboa Park is also going on. At our April meeting there were discussions and sug- gestions for those planning to attend the same event. Might want to coordinate with other members and show your cars together or plan to share some food and beverages. Those attending Rolling British Car Day will enjoy great scenery, twists and turns along the hour and a half back road adventure ride. Over 70 folks have already signed up and this event will probably exceed 100 cars. Expect to enjoy sharing the journey with many car enthusiasts. Bring food and beverages to picnic. I know several of our members are planning to participate and others will be going to Coronado. See you where we see you. There are several events in May. CHW May 13-16, our monthly meeting at Mainstream Bar and Grill May 8th and a trip to the Campo Train Museum May 25th. There will be more in- formation in the newsletter regarding upcoming events and to finalize planning. Lynne will be planning the Campo event. Rick Snover updated our sdhealey.org site and included our 2019 Calendar and Coty Points records. Take a little time to look through this site. There are also many Links to other Austin Healey Clubs across America. I look forward to driving our Healey and sharing fun times together in the warmer weather. Happy motoring HealeyHealey 3 4Hearsay Hearsay April Meeting Minutes Minutes – Austin Healey Club of San Diego Wednesday, April 10,2019 President Howard Stark called the meeting to order at7:00 pm A motion was made and seconded and approved to accept last months meeting minutes. There were 14 members present: Howard and Lynne Stark (H), Bob Humphrey(H), Don Benke(H), John McCoy, Kevin Schumacher, Rick Snover, Gary Stalker, Ed Matheus, Ron Richtmyer, Alex and Sandy Watt, and new members and Sprite owners Ada and Richard Stevens. Terry Cowan arrived after the meeting was adjourned. (H) drove Healey (B) drove other British car Membership – VP Don Benke reported all members have paid 2019 dues. The club has 3 new members: Ada and Richard Stevens, and Dr. James Woods. Don reminded everyone that he will be hosting our annual 4th of July party, which will be on Saturday July 6th. We will have a short meeting at the party. We will NOT have a formal Wednesday meeting in July. Treasurer Gary Stalker reported that the club is solvent and the Treasury is stable, Gary has sent 2019 invoices out to our advertisers. Howard discussed: A thank you card was received from Susie Kwiat for the plant the club sent her. Rolling British Car Day and Motorcars on Main Street both on the same day Sunday April 28th. A show of hands of members indicated that both events will be attended. Calif. Healey Week in Temecula this year is a Monday through Thursday event May 13 –16th. Several members indicated they were going. Other activities for later in summer and fall were mentioned. See the Activity page for more info. Howard advised that we would be reviewing and updating the “hard copy” newsletter list. Activities: Lou not in attendance. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! Lynne Stark coordinating the Campo Train Ride May 25th. Lynne also discussed regalia – tshirts Rick Snover was the dinner winner. Submitted by Lynne Stark Healey 4 Hearsay Activities what the future brings.... • May 4th & 5th 24th Annual British Extravaganza at But- • October 12th, Saturday - San Diego British Car Day - Sat- tonwillow Raceway. The 2019 Extravaganza will have a Con- urday proved to be a popular choice, as opposed to Sun- curs in paddock area sponsored by the Bakersfield British day, so we will continue to hold it on Saturdays. We have Car Club. Those interested can find information, forms and our reservation in for Spanish the latest info about the BE 2019 on the VARA Web Site. Landing Park East, in Cancer Survivor Park, but we also • May 8- Monthly Meeting 5:30 at the Mainstream Bar & continue to search for other Grille in Poway. venues. We're always looking for ways to improve your ex- • May 13 to 17: California Healey Week What: Mark your perience, and bring our Brit- calendar now, don’t miss the next great ish Car culture to the public's California Healey Week hosted by the attention, and with that in Austin Healey Association of Southern mind, the quest for best ven- California. Full details and Registration ues is never ending.